Microsoft Handheld Gaming in 2007?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Wednesday May 31, 2006 @05:31AM from the x-parcel dept.

1up is reporting on speculation from analysts 'The Diffusion Group', who have forecast a handheld gaming device from Microsoft sometime in the next two years. From the article: "It's an analyst group's speculation and should be taken as such, but simultaneously one has to wonder what is the likelihood of Microsoft bringing a PGC to its platform library. A portable entry seemed like the next logical step for Microsoft before E3 -- and that logic was confirmed by the announcement of Live Anywhere at E3 -- a handheld platform would certainly make a solid launching pad for the mobile arm of Live Anywhere, wouldn't it?"

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Re:History of failures ... by ZakuSage · 2006-05-31 06:45 · Score: 1, Insightful

PSP's sales have kept exceedingly high, and it has done quite well. It is not a potentially failure, it's already succeded in offering gamers a new way to play handheld games, and has brought much needed competition to a virtual monopoly. Just because it's not dominating the handheld scene, doesn't mean it's not a success. I point you to XBox and the GameCube.